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Delaware Business Court Insider

General Motors Faces Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Faulty Fuel Pumps

Plaintiffs, represented by Berger Montague and Capstone Law, alleged that two SUV models produced between 2020 and 2024 have defective gas flow systems that could affect control of the cars.
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Law.com

Monsanto: Reversal of $185M Jury Award Could Wipe Out Other PCB Verdicts

Plaintiffs attorney Rick Friedman said he planned to petition the Washington Supreme Court to review an appeals court's May 1 decision. "Monsanto claiming it won this appeal is like Trump saying he won the 2020 election," he told Law.com.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

How Safe Is Cannabis, Really? Here's What Plaintiffs' Attorneys Should Know

"The cannabis industry is following the playbook of the tobacco and opiate industries by putting profits before people," according to David G. Evans, senior counsel for the Cannabis Industry Victims Educating Litigators.
8 minute read

Law.com

Tracking Monsanto's Roundup Verdicts Across the US

To learn more about how the Roundup litigation has taken shape since trials began in 2018, check out this interactive map of verdicts.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Sanctions Ordered After CEO Skips Deposition in MDL

ZHP sought to invoke the Apex Doctrine, which seeks to limit depositions of individuals at the "apex" of a corporation based on the premise that lower-level employees are likely to have firsthand knowledge of the material facts, and that deposing the top executives of a corporation is likely to impose a significant burden.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Hits ExxonMobil With $725.5M Verdict Over Carcinogen in Gasoline

The jury determined that Paul Gill developed acute myeloid leukemia as a result of his exposure to ExxonMobil's product, awarding $725 million in compensatory noneconomic damages for Gill, plus $500,000 to his wife for loss of consortium.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Expands Ozempic Plaintiffs' Leadership Team, Names 4 Co-Lead Counsel

In a joint statement, the newly appointed leads said they "are honored to have been appointed by Judge Pratter to lead one of the most significant and consequential pharmaceutical injury cases of our time against the manufacturers of diabetes and weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy."
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Mercedes-Benz Hit With Consumer Class Action for Claims of Defective Wheel Configurations

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

City Driving: Making Vehicles Safe for Pedestrians

While CAS is becoming a standard feature on most passenger vehicles sold in the United States—and the NHTSA has announced that it must be standard on all passenger vehicles by model year 2029—what remains problematic is its "unpredictable" or limited effectiveness.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Robins Kaplan Wins First Trial Against Aerosol Dust Remover Maker

Robins Kaplan's Philip Sieff and Tara Sutton won a $7.75 million verdict for the family of a woman who was killed after a vehicle driven by an individual who huffed CRC Duster struck her car head-on. Jurors awarded no punitives, but attached a note to the verdict urging the company to "spearhead an effort to address inhalant abuse."
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